Will Digital Health Widen Or Close The Health Inequity Gap?

"The question any member of The Medical Futurist team faces most often is this. Will digital health tools help solve the health inequity issues? If you are not into long articles, here is the short answer: they might, but not right now and not obviously.

Based on the ever-growing amount of quality data on the subject, two trends are present. In some cases, in some countries, in some, traditionally underrepresented groups of developed societies, digital health tools are indeed closing some gaps by providing opportunities for leapfrogging. One great example is how Ghana has overcome lacking infrastructure by using drones for various tasks, like delivering vaccines or blood. Another one is how women of colour in the US show a consistently growing adoption rate of digital health tools. Researchers believe this might be a response to worse than average health outcomes they experience in the traditional healthcare system...." Lire la suite